By Maria Helena Dalla Bona | Director
JUNE 15TH BONUS DAY !
On June 15th, GlobalGiving.org will be holding a Bonus Day with $110,000 available in matching funds. There will also be two $1,000 Bonus Prizes that will be awarded to the projects with the highest number of donors and the most funds raised on Bonus Day.
Because we are a "SUPERSTAR" in the GlobalGiving Reward Status, we will be eligible to receive a 50% match on online donations made between 9:00:01am EDT and 23:59:59pm EDT on June 15th.
This comes in at a very good time for us because we have made major changes to our organization and we need funds to further expand our program to give training to more youths.
As a reminder, due to the difficulties we were facing in the previous neighborhood - especially burglaries – we´ve decided to move to a safer location.
We are now fully installed and classes have resumed. We have gained a lot of notoriety in the neighborhood and there is increased demand for more registrations. We have added English classes to our program. Classes will start next week. And, by the way, we would like to thank CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS for donating the equivalent of US$ 1,100.00 in teaching books for our English course.
Small gestures sometimes give us great joys. Sandy (22), one of our youths one day came with a homemade cake to thank us. These were her words:
“I am so happy and I want to thank you. This course gives me hope. I thought 2016 would finish with no future in sight. But with ADAE ( Associação Danyann) everything has changed. I now see a future. Thank you so much”.
Our plan is still to expand from 23 to 50 pupils per 3 months cycle. We need your help!
Thank you again for what you have done so far. We would not be here without you.
Kind regards,
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